Hinge.



PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907.

E. P. FLANDBRS.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18.1904.

S. N. STEVENS &

I INVENTORS I ,JZ'aZney JJZezrena WITNESSES:

zlv'erfom .Efianders ATTORIVL UTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIDNEY N. STEVENS, OF NORTH OHELMSFORD, AND ELVERTON P. FLANDERS, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

HINGE.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed November 18. 1904:. Serial No, 233.309-

" (LZZ 1071 0712, it HI/(Ly concern:

Be it known that we, SIDNEY N. STEvENs, a resident of North Ohelmsford, and ELVER- TON P. FLANDERS, a resident of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and Improved Hinge, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to hinges, it being particularly applicable to those used forthe support of blinds or shutters. Its principal object is to provide a hinge embodying means for securing the blind at various angles.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of our invention shown in use in supporting a blind upon a casing. Fig. 2 is an elevation of one of the hinges with a portion of the blind in section; and Fig. 3 is a broken horizontal section through blind and casing, taken in a plane just above the lower hinge.

Our hinge is preferably made in sets of two for application to each blind, each set including a member A, having two arms and 11 lying substantially at right angles to one another. The former is provided with openings to receive screws 12 for attachment to the blind S, and a sharpened projection 13 at its upper extremity, whichinaybe driven into the wood to hold the member in place while applying the screws. The arm 11 of this member has an opening 14: near its outer end and a plurality of contact-faces at its edges. At the opposite sides of the arm these faces 15 15 are shown as converging toward the vertical arm of said member, while at the end are faces 16 16, preferably lying at an obtuse angle with respect to one another.

The upper hinge of the set has a companion member B, which includes an arm 17,

provided with openings and a projection to permit it to be attached to the casing T. From this arm 17 extends a substantially horizontal arm 18, having projecting vertically from its upper surface a pintle 18, adapted to enter the opening 14. The companion member O of the lower hinge is similar in general form to the member 13 of the upper hinge, and. the same means of attachment are employed to secure said member to the casing T but its pintle 19 is preferably shorter for convenience in hanging the blind. also has fulcrumed at 20 upon the arm 17 a locking member in the form of an angle lever 21, having a curved portion 22 at the lower extremity of one leverarm, which is of such thickness that it will fit snugly between the contact-faces of the horizontal arm of the member A and the vertical arm 17 of the member O. The lever also has extending toward the window a finger-piece 27, by which it may be moved.

When the lever is in the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the members A are free to swing upon the support ing members, but when any one of the con tactfaces 15 or 16 is brought into parallelism with the arm 17 the portion 22 of the lever may be forced between them, locking the blind in place. The faces 15 15 are em ployed to hold the blind either fully opened or closed, their inclination allowing the blind to assume a position in which its outer edge will be in contact with the wall of the building in spite of the projection of the casing therefrom, thus preventing rattling. When one of the faces 16 is in coaction with the lever, the blind is maintained at an angle, which in the inner position may be used to partly shade the window.

It will be seen that while our improved hinge may be manufactured at a very low price it is easily attached and holds the blind firmly in a variety of positions, and in addition renders it difficult to raise or open the blind from outside.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A hinge comprising pivoted members, one of which is provided with a plurality of contact-faces, and a locking member mounted upon the other hinge member and adapted to I be moved between the member by which it is carried and the contact-faces of the other member.

2. A hinge comprising pivoted members, one of which is provided with aplurality of contact-faces, and a lever fulcrumed upon the other hinge member and adapted to be swung between the latter and one of said contactfaces.

3. A hinge comprising two angular members having coacting arms, one of whichis provided with a pintle and the other with an opening to receive said pintle and with a plurality of contact-faces, and a locking member mounted upon the hinge member having the pintle and adapted to be moved between the pintle-carrying member and one of the said contact-faces.

4. A hinge comprising two angular members having coacting arms, one of which is provided with a pintle and the other with an opening to receive said pintle and with contact-faces situated at opposite sides of the arm, and a locking member mounted upon the hinge member having the pintle and adapted to be moved between the pintlecarrying member and one of the said contactfaces.

5. A hinge comprising two angular men1- bers having coacting arms, one of which is provided with a pintle and the other with an opening to receive said pintle and with con tact-faces situated at opposite sides of the arm and converging from the pintleopening, and a pivoted locking member mounted upon the hinge member having the pintle and adapted to be swung between thepintle-c arrying member and one of the said contactfaces.

6. A hinge comprising two angular members having coacting arms, one of which is provided with a pintle and the other with an opening to receive said pintle and with contact-faces situated at opposite sides of the arm and at the end thereof, and apivoted angle-lever mounted upon the hinge member having the pintle and adapted to be swung between the pintle-carrying member and one of the said contact-faces.

7. A hinge comprising two angular members pivoted together, the horizontal arm of one member having contact-faces on its side edges and at its end, the contact-faces on the edges of the arm converging inwardly and the faces at the end converging outwardly and meeting at an obtuse angle, and an angular lever pivoted to the vertical arm of the other member and adapted to be swung between the said arm and one of the said contact-faces.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIDNEY N. STEVENS. ELVERTON P. FLANDERS.

WVitnessest GEORGE A. WARLEY, JOHN STANTON 

